The patch titled Subject: mm/cma: fix alloc_contig_range ret code/potential leak has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-code-potential-leak-v2.patch

This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-c... and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-c...

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------------------------------------------------------ From: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Subject: mm/cma: fix alloc_contig_range ret code/potential leak

If the call __alloc_contig_migrate_range() in alloc_contig_range returns -EBUSY, processing continues so that test_pages_isolated() is called where there is a tracepoint to identify the busy pages. However, it is possible for busy pages to become available between the calls to these two routines. In this case, the range of pages may be allocated. Unfortunately, the original return code (ret == -EBUSY) is still set and returned to the caller. Therefore, the caller believes the pages were not allocated and they are leaked.

Update comment to indicate that allocation is still possible even if __alloc_contig_migrate_range returns -EBUSY. Also, clear return code in this case so that it is not accidentally used or returned to caller.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171122185214.25285-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com Fixes: 8ef5849fa8a2 ("mm/cma: always check which page caused allocation failure") Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka vbabka@suse.cz Acked-by: Michal Hocko mhocko@suse.com Acked-by: Johannes Weiner hannes@cmpxchg.org Cc: Michal Nazarewicz mina86@mina86.com Cc: Joonsoo Kim iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com Cc: Laura Abbott labbott@redhat.com Cc: Michal Hocko mhocko@suse.com Cc: Mel Gorman mgorman@techsingularity.net Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org ---

mm/page_alloc.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-code-potential-leak-v2 mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-code-potential-leak-v2 +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -7652,11 +7652,18 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long sta

/* * In case of -EBUSY, we'd like to know which page causes problem. - * So, just fall through. We will check it in test_pages_isolated(). + * So, just fall through. test_pages_isolated() has a tracepoint + * which will report the busy page. + * + * It is possible that busy pages could become available before + * the call to test_pages_isolated, and the range will actually be + * allocated. So, if we fall through be sure to clear ret so that + * -EBUSY is not accidentally used or returned to caller. */ ret = __alloc_contig_migrate_range(&cc, start, end); if (ret && ret != -EBUSY) goto done; + ret =0;

/* * Pages from [start, end) are within a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES _

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mike.kravetz@oracle.com are

mm-cma-fix-alloc_contig_range-ret-code-potential-leak-v2.patch